Fellas, I’m ready to get up and do my thing
I wanna get into it, man, you know
Like a, like a sex machine, man,
Movin’, doin’ it, you know
Can I count it off? (Go ahead)Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)Wait a minute!
Shake your arm, then use your form
Stay on the scene like a sex machine
You got to have the feeling sure as you’re born
Get it together, right on, right onGet up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)Hah!Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)You said, you said you got the,
You said the feeling,
You got to get
You give me the fever ‘n’ a cold sweat
The way I like, it is the way it is,
I got mine, don’t worry ‘bout hisGet up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)Bobby! Should I take ‘em to the bridge? (Go ahead!)
Take ‘em on to the bridge! (Take em to the bridge!)
Can I take ‘em to the bridge? (Yeah!)
Take ‘em to the bridge? (Go ahead!)Hit me now!Come on!Stay on the scene, like a sex machine!
The way I like it is, is the way it is
I got mine, (dig it!), he got hisStay on the scene, like a lovin’ machine
Stay on the scene, like a lovin’ machine
Stay on the sceneI wanna count it off one more time now (go ahead!)
You wanna hear it like it did on the top fellas? (Yeah!)
Hear it like it did on the top? (Yeah!)
Hit it now!Get on up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get on up, (get on up)Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a lovin’ machine, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)Taste, (get on up)
Bein’, (get on up)
Taste, (get on up)
Bein’, (get on up)Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Stay on the scene, (get on up), like a sex machine, (get on up)You gotta have the feelin’, (get on up)
Sure as you’re born, (get on up)Get it together, right on, right on
Right on, right on, (right on, right on)
Right on, right on, (right on, right on)
Right on, right on, (right on, right on)Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)And then, shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money maker,
Shake your money makerGet up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)Huh!Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)
Get up, (get on up)Can we hit it like we did one more time, from the top
Can we hit like that one more time (one more time!)
One more time!
Let’s hit it and quit! (Go ahead!)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah!)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah!)
Can we hit it and quit? (Yeah!)
Hit it!
La storia del pezzo
Due prese, una band nuova
Quando James Brown registra questo pezzo ha appena messo su una nuova band, i J.B.'s: Bootsy e Catfish Collins al basso e alla chitarra, Jabo Starks alla batteria. È il loro riff a portare la canzone, mentre la sezione fiati, ancora acerba, resta defilata rispetto ai vecchi successi funk di Brown.
Il disco esce nel 1970 diviso in due parti, arriva secondo nella classifica R&B e quindicesimo nella Hot 100. In studio Brown lo incide, come molti suoi pezzi, in appena due riprese. All'inizio si sente lui che parla con la band, chiede se può contare, e poi attacca: uno, due, tre, quattro.
Sul palco il botta e risposta con Bobby Byrd diventa un rituale che accompagna tutta la carriera di Brown, fino alle ultime tournée. Nel finale i due scivolano spesso nel motivo di un vecchio blues di Elmore James, Shake Your Moneymaker, quasi un saluto tra colleghi dentro la stessa canzone.
Scheda scritta con l'aiuto dell'intelligenza artificiale, usando solo fatti presi dalle fonti indicate.
Fonti: Wikipedia (en) — Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
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